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Management
Development Needs Assessment
Yvonne
Lamb, Director of Training at the Washington Post, designed
this needs assessment to survey their assignment editors/middle
managers. "We are trying to better gauge their professional
development needs and what we can do to improve the quality of life
for the middle managers." This needs assessment, accompanied
by a letter from Executive Editor Len Downie, went out to all of
their assignment editors, in mid-January. The results will be used
to help design a management development program for assignment editors.
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1. Name:
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Department: |
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Years in current position: |
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Previous years as a manager: |
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Where: |
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List the kinds of management positions held: |
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6. Have
you taken any professional development courses offered at The Post and if
so, how valuable have they been for you in your job?
(Rate 1 - 5; 5 highest) |
In-House University
Writing Program
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Washington Post
Leadership Workshop at API
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Frontline Leadership
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Tricks of the Trade
for Assignments Editors (w/ Wilkinson, etc.)
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Libel Seminar
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Advanced Feature
Writing Seminar
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Other
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you attended any outside professional development seminars and if
so, how valuable were they to you in your job? (1 - 5; 5 highest) |
Poynter Institute
for Media Studies
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American Press Institute
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NABJ
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NAHJ
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AAJA Leadership
Development Program
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Maynard Institute
for Journalism Education
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Center for Creative
Leadership
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Institute for Management
Studies
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Franklin Covey Time
Management
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ASNE Leadership
Workshop
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Other
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| 8. In
which areas would you find training most valuable? (Rank in order of priority,
with 1 being the top priority.) |
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Line editing
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Conceptualizing
Stories
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Thinking Analytically
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Editing Feature
Stories
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Editing the Project
Story
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Designing Coverage
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Understanding Numbers
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Thinking Visually
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Developing Subject
Area Expertise
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(What subject? __________________________) |
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Managing People
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Managing Up
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Managing Multiple
Tasks
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Time Management
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Managing Conflict
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Managing Difficult
People
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Managing Creative
People
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Managing Diversity
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Developing People
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Coaching Writers
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Communication Skills
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Creativity
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Performance evaluations
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Leadership development
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Interdepartmental
Relationships
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Intro to Computer
Assisted Reporting
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Internet Research
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Nexis/DowJones
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Posthaste
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Lotus Notes
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Excel
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Databases
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The Source
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Others
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learning methods do you find helpful? |
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Somewhat |
Never |
Classes at
The Post
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Classes outside
The Post run by Post staffers
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Classes outside
The Post run by others
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One-on-One
training
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Half-day classes
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One-hour classes
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Two-hour classes
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All-day classes
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Weeklong classes
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Written Manuals/Books
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Colleagues
Helping
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Coaching
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What time of day is better for you for in-house training? |
9-11 a.m.
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10-noon
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9:30 – noon
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12-2 p.m.
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Other ________
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Which days of the week are better for training? |
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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12. What prevents
you from taking classes offered by The Post?
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What in the way of professional development do you need to do your job better? |
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14. If you could
change one thing about your job that would improve the quality of your
work life, what would it be? And why?
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